If costs increase 20%, and a portion of that cost increase is attributable to theft, that would be felt by home buyers. |
Reserving acreage as critical habitat just makes it more daunting to build housing that's affordable. Setting aside habitat is just the least efficient way to protect species. |
Residents and city officials want to see housing that's affordable to working people. They will never get there if they say you cannot open up industrial land to residential building. |